Unlocking Music Theory
Use music theory on the fretboard and in your solos
Unlocking Music Theory is an online guitar theory course taught by GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. It covers memorizing the notes on the neck, finding any mode from the major scale, modal arpeggios, and major and minor triads with their inversions. A three-part series shows how to use theory to expand your soloing. The course has 11 in-depth video lessons, about two and a half hours in total, plus a 46-page PDF book.
What Unlocking Music Theory is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In this video, he explains minor triads and how to use them on the guitar.
Free preview lesson: The Basics of Minor Triads and Application · 5:02
Is Unlocking Music Theory right for you?
- Players who feel lost on the fretboard. You want to know every note on the neck, not just a few shapes.
- Soloists who want more ideas. You know a scale or two and want to use theory in your solos.
- Players curious about modes. You want a quick way to find any mode from the major scale.
- Players who want to learn triads. You want to use major and minor triads and inversions across the neck.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Memorize all the notes on the guitar neck
- Apply theory to expand your soloing
- Find any mode quickly from the major scale
- Compare the sound of different modes
- Play modal arpeggios
- Build and use major and minor triads
- Play triad inversions across the fretboard
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Notes, modes, arpeggios and triads
Memorizing every note on the neck, a three-part series on soloing with theory, finding any mode from the major scale, a mode comparison workout, modal arpeggios, major and minor triads, creative triad ideas on the fretboard and triad inversions.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 46-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
Unlocking Music Theory questions
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Where to go after Unlocking Music Theory
Music Theory For Life 2.0
A 12-week course on notes, reading, scales, chords, progressions, melody, improvisation, modes and ear training.
Fretboard Freedom
Learn pentatonic, blues, major and minor scales and modes position by position in C, then use them creatively in solos.
All About Intervals
Learn every interval from the minor 2nd to the octave on the fretboard, and how intervals build scales, modes and chords.
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